Sapere Aude

There is an old saying, that one should never put all their eggs in one basket. By being an EU member, and allowing the protectionist political union to control your money laws and borders, that is exactly what you are doing. Hedge your bets. Look at the world economy and who is growing - and who isn't. If you are wanting your economy to grow, entrusting that growth with a group of nations that are overregualting and stagnating is not the way to grow. The global centre for economic growth over the coming decades, even by the EUs own admittance, is the Indo-Pacific. Which is why the UK being in the CPTPP early doors was and is so critical. The UK is the European gateway to the Indo-Pacific, through the CPTPP. The UK needs to take advantage of that unique position, not squander it through another decade of EU-related navel gazing. The world is not going to wait for us. It is moving on with or without us, and certainly without the EU. We need to wake up to the new reality, and how Brexit has allowed us to be a part of the future instead of being relegated to the past. Let's get on with it.

As David said, you could indeed make the somewhat fair argument that the United Kingdom as a whole did not fully exit the EU in 2020 - as it left parts of Northern Ireland still within the control of the EU. Something I personally see as unfinished business, needing resolution.